General Veers' Death

About
this scene:

During the Battle
of Hoth, General Veers is just about to target the rebel
power generators when he is suddenly faced with a kamikaze
pilot (Hobbie, Rogue Four) crashing through the front window
of the cockpit. Veers is presumably killed in this scene.

Everything up to
the snowspeeder crash is still in the film, leaving the
question of whether Veers is meant to be alive or dead still
a mystery. At least one early version of a Return Of The Jedi
script has Veers appearing again, but this was later left
out. Also interesting to note is that a very similar scene
did end up happening later in Return Of The Jedi, when a
damaged rebel craft flies through the front viewscreen of the
Super Star Destroyer's bridge after the shields are disabled,
causing the entire massive bulk of the ship to plunge into
the Death Star's surface.

The only known
evidence left of Veers' death scene are the storyboards and
descriptions in earlier versions of the script.

INT WALKER NO. 1 - COCKPIT

CLOSE-UP VEERS
inside Walker No. 1 cockpit. He speaks over the com-link
as he studies various readouts.

VEERS
... yes, Lord Vader. I've reached the main power
generators and I'm destroying them now. The shield will
be down in moments. You may start your landing...

PILOT
Look out!

Veers looks out
the cockpit window.

EXT BATTLEFIELD - HOTH

FULL SHOT of
Hobbie's speeder, Rogue Four, as it races over camera
right at the head of the oncoming walker.

INT WALKER NO. 1 - COCKPIT

OVER THE SHOULDER
of Veers and his pilots as the speeder crashes into the
front window.

PILOT
He's going to...

Impact, huge explosion.

EXT BATTLEFIELD - HOTH

FULL SHOT of
Walker No. 1 with head exploding and frying into a
million pieces.

EXT BATTLEFIELD - HOTH

FULL SHOT Walker
No. 1. After a few moments the headless walker topples
over on its side in a cloud of snow.